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Kesha Records
AllMusic Rating: 4.5 stars
The singer's first album on her own Kesha Records is a giddy, cathartic declaration of creative and personal freedom.
- Matt Collar
Island
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
The London rapper's mid-career sea change finds solid ground on his intimate fifth album.
- Timothy Monger
Erased Tapes Records
AllMusic Rating: 3.5 stars
For his ninth album, electronic musician Ryan Lee West finds new inspiration by creating outside of his usual studio environment.
- Paul Simpson
Fire Records
AllMusic Rating: 3.5 stars
Various online-only singles and stand-alone tracks from this fuzzy indie project are collected into a nicely flowing album format.
- Fred Thomas
Deutsche Grammophon
AllMusic Rating: 4.5 stars
Piano-led Brahms quartets catch the personalities of the lesser-heard Second and Third.
- James Manheim
Alpha
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
A bold new pianistic approach to the well-trodden Well-Tempered Clavier.
- James Manheim
PentaTone Classics
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
Beethoven's violin concerto paired with a unique work by an Outback-inspired composer.
- James Manheim
Palazzetto Bru Zane
AllMusic Rating: 4.5 stars
A fresh recording of Lalo's underrated opera brings fine singers and energy throughout.
- James Manheim

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Bryce Leatherwood's emotive baritone recalls a timeless country style with its midtempo, upbeat, romantic songcraft and its storyteller’s lyrics nestled in a bed of rumbling guitars, pedal steel, and Hammond organ. Of course, his path to mainstream country success is a thoroughly modern one. After winning the 22nd season of NBC’s The Voice in 2022, he built a solid reputation with songs like “Still Learning,” “Where the Bar Is,” and “Hung Up…  Read More about Bryce Leatherwood

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Not as heavy as Radiohead or snobbish as Oasis, Coldplay were revealed on Parachutes [released 25 years ago today] as a band of young musicians still honing their sweet harmonies. Combining bits of distorted guitar riffs and swishing percussion, Parachutes was a delightful introduction and also quickly indicated the reason why this album earned Coldplay a Mercury Music Prize nomination in fall 2000.
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